Regulatory T cells in cardiovascular diseases

X Meng, J Yang, M Dong, K Zhang, E Tu… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Inflammation is essential in the initial development and progression of many cardiovascular
diseases involving innate and adaptive immune responses. The role of CD4+ CD25+ …

Treating atherosclerosis with regulatory T cells

AC Foks, AH Lichtman, J Kuiper - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in the regulation of T-cell–mediated
immune responses through suppression of T-cell proliferation and secretion of inhibitory …

Regulatory T cells in chronic heart failure

Y Lu, N Xia, X Cheng - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Heart failure is a global problem with high hospitalization and mortality rates. Inflammation
and immune dysfunction are involved in this disease. Owing to their unique function …

Regulatory T cells as a new therapeutic target for atherosclerosis

H Ou, B Guo, Q Liu, Y Li, Z Yang, W Feng… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2018 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is an autoimmune disease caused by self-and non-self-antigens
contributing to excessive activation of T and B cell immune responses. These responses …

RNA sequencing of blood in coronary artery disease: involvement of regulatory T cell imbalance

TA McCaffrey, I Toma, Z Yang, R Katz, J Reiner… - BMC Medical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Cardiovascular disease had a global prevalence of 523 million cases and 18.6
million deaths in 2019. The current standard for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) is …

Adaptive immune responses contribute to post-ischemic cardiac remodeling

I Santos-Zas, J Lemarié, A Tedgui… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Myocardial infarction (MI) is a common condition responsible for mortality and morbidity
related to ischemic heart failure. Accumulating experimental and translational evidence …

Immune checkpoint proteins: exploring their therapeutic potential to regulate atherosclerosis

AC Foks, J Kuiper - British Journal of Pharmacology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The immune system provides a large variety of immune checkpoint proteins, which involve
both costimulatory and inhibitory proteins. Costimulatory proteins can promote cell survival …

Accumulation Mechanisms of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells in EBV-associated Gastric Carcinoma

N Zhang, J Chen, L Xiao, F Tang, Z Zhang, Y Zhang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Approximately 10% of gastric carcinomas are associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and
are defined as EBV-associated gastric carcinomas (EBVaGCs). EBVaGCs are known to be …

Regulatory T cells in atherosclerosis and strategies to induce the endogenous atheroprotective immune response

DA Chistiakov, IA Sobenin, AN Orekhov - Immunology Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, in which multiple types of immune cells
are involved. Th1 and Th17 cells play a prominent role in induction and progression of local …

The cardiac injury immune response as a target for regenerative and cellular therapies

RD Hume, JJH Chong - Clinical Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Despite modern reperfusion and pharmacologic therapies, myocardial infarction
(MI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Therefore, the …